Refugees undergo purges in Ingushetia

At daybreak on June 19, officers of Chechen security agencies conducted a special operation in the place of compact residence of Chechen refugees situated of the territory of a bread-baking plant in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzha district. As reported by inhabitants of this refugee center, gunmen in masks, who did not introduced themselves, detained a 30-year-old resident of the village of Tangi-Chu and took him away in an unknown direction. His family name is being ascertained. "At about 5 a.m., we woke up to a woman's cries. The sound of automatic fire was heard close to us. I run out into the street but wasn't able to make anything out. Gunmen in masks were dragging a half-clothed man. He was covered with blood and offering no resistance, but the military men kept on beating him. In response to our indignation, the men in masks threatened that they would come back to take us," Sultan Musayev living in the refugee center said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

Refugees report that similar "purges" were conducted in some other places of Chechen refugees' compact residence on the territory of Ordzhonikidzevskaya on June 19. According to unchecked information, three people were also detained in the refugee center on the territory of a tinned food factory and in the Rassvet refugee center. No exact information on the people detained in these temporary accommodation centers is available so far.